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Introducing Debaryomyces Hansenii, a Salt Loving Yeast

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Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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  1. Departamento de Microbiología, Edificio Severo Ochoa, Campus de Rabanales, E-14071, Córdoba, Spain

    José Ramos

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  1. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  2. The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Aharon Oren

  3. Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ana Plemenitaš

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Ramos, J. (2005). Introducing Debaryomyces Hansenii, a Salt Loving Yeast. In: Gunde-Cimerman, N., Oren, A., Plemenitaš, A. (eds) Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3633-7_28

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